29549. Adulteration of candy.    U. S. v. 9 Boxes of Candy.    Default decree of
condemnation and destruction.    (F. & D. No. 43S62.    Sample No. 13642-D.)
This product having been shipped in interstate commerce and remaining 
unsold and in the original packages, was at the time of examination found to 
be insect-infested.
On or about September 14, 1938, the United States attorney for the Southern 
District of Georgia, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed 
in the district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of nine boxes 
of candy at Savannah, Ga., alleging that the article had been shipped on or 
about April 14, 1938, by the D. L. Clark Co. from Pittsburgh, Pa.; and charging 
adulteration in violation of the Food and Drugs Act.'
The article was alleged to be adulterated in that it consisted in whole 
or in part of a filthy vegetable substance.
On October 17, 1938, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemnation 
was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
M. L. WILSON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.